That is over a lifetime for Goodness sake. They probably get around 2 grand a month for their pension. Sheesh, some of these folks probably will only get about 10 years worth due to all the smoke intake that they went through. You folks need to stop being selfish or jealous. You all act like you were forced into your job fields. Everyone has the same opportunity to do what they want after college and these folks decided to be firemen or cops....guarantee no 22 year old is thinking about pensions and all that at that age. They saw what firemen and police officers do and thought that is their passion and went for it. Sorry that some of you clearly took miserable jobs.
I worked in the most dangerous building in Dallas for over 10 years. We had our own hazmat teams, etc.
Where’s my sympathy? Where’s my pension?